Gopal Sharma and 3 Ors v. The State of Assam and Anr

PageoNo.#o1/3 GAHC010033002020 ooooooo ooooooooooooooo ooooooooooooooooTHEoGAUHATIoHIGHoCOURTo (HIGHoCOURToOFoASSAM,oNAGALAND,oMIZORAMoANDoARUNACHALoPRADESH)o CaseoNo.o:oCrl.Pet./129/2020o GOPALoSHARMAoANDo3oORS.o S/OoSRIoBALAoKRISHNAoSHARMA,oR/OoHOUSEoNO.o12,oSHANKARDEVo PATH,oWESToKRISHNAoNAGAR,oLALGANESH,oP.O.oANDoP.S.-ODALBAKARA, GUWAHATI-781034,oDIST-KAMRUP(M),oASSAM 2:oSMTIoSITAoSHARMA oW/OoSRIoBALAoKRISHNAoSHARMA oR/OoHOUSEoNO.o12 oSHANKARDEVoPATH oWESToKRISHNAoNAGAR oLALGANESH oP.O.oANDoP.S.-ODALBAKARA oGUWAHATI-781034 oDIST-KAMRUP(M) oASSAM 3:oSMTIoMANJUoREGMI oW/OoSRIoMAHESHoREGMI oD/OoSRIoBALAoKRISHNAoSHARMA oR/OoBARPATTHAR oSHILLONG oMEGHALAYA oPIN-793003 4:oMS.oPUJAoSHARMA oD/OoSRIoBALAoKRISHNAoSHARMA oR/OoHOUSEoNO.o12 oSHANKARDEVoPATH oWESToKRISHNAoNAGAR oLALGANESH oP.O.oANDoP.S.-ODALBAKARA oGUWAHATI-781034 oDIST-KAMRUP(M) oASSAo Page No.# 2/3 VERSUS THE STATE OF ASSAM AND ANR. REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, ASSAM 2:SMTI BORNALI HAZARIKA W/O SRI RANJIT CHETRY R/O VILL-MADHUPUR WARD NO. 7 BISWANATH CHARIALI P.O. AND P.S.-BISWANATH ASSAM PIN-78417 Advocate for the Petitioner : MR S S DEY, MR. D J KAPIL,MS. M K BROWN Advocate for the Respondent : PP, ASSAM,

BEFORE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANASH RANJAN PATHAK 28/08/2024 Heard Mr. S S Dey, learned counsel for the petitioners and Ms. S Jahan, learned Additional Public Prosecutor, Assam for the State respondent No. 1. The respondent No. 2 on 04.02.2020 lodged an FIR before the Officer-in-Charge of All Women Police Station, Panbazar, Guwahati alleging offences against the FIR named accused persons, i.e., the present petitioners. On the basis of the said FIR lodged by the respondent No. 2, All Women P.S. Case No. 23/2020 under Sections 354(A)/354(C)/376/ 420/506/34 IPC read with Section 3(1)(xi)/3(1)(xii) of the Scheduled Caste and Schedule Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 corresponding to G.R. No. 1724/2020 was registered against the petitioner. Later, the said All Women Police Station Case registered on the basis of the said FIR lodged by the respondent No. 2 was transferred to Biswanath Chariali Police Station, wherein it was registered as Biswanath Chariali P.S. Case No. 61/2020. The petitioner has filed this criminal petition for setting aside and quashing the said All Women P.S. Case No. 23/2020 registered under Sections 354(A)/354(C)/376/ 420/506/34 IPC read Page No.# 3/3 with Section 3(1)(xi)/3(1)(xii) of the Scheduled Caste and Schedule Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989. During the deliberation of the matter, Ms. S Jahan, learned Additional Public Prosecutor, Assam, on instruction, submitted that police after investigating the matter submitted the final report in said Biswanath Chariali P.S. Case No. 61/2020 (arising out of All Women P.S. Case No. 23/2020) vide F.R. No. 46/2023 dated 03.11.2023. In view of the above, this criminal petition, being infructuous stands dismissed.

JUDGE Comparing Assistant